2026年1月22日 / 美国东部时间凌晨12:20 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
美国总统特朗普最早可能于今年夏天开始乘坐卡塔尔捐赠的飞机出行，美国空军证实将在数月内交付这架翻新的大型喷气式飞机，作为“空军一号”投入使用。
“空军仍致力于加快交付VC-25备用飞机，以支持总统空运任务，预计不迟于2026年夏季交付。”空军发言人周三表示，同时证实了《华尔街日报》的一则报道。
卡塔尔王室去年春天捐赠了这架波音747风格的飞机供特朗普使用。不过，这架飞机无法立即投入使用，因为五角大楼需要对其进行改装以作为“空军一号”使用。当时有消息人士告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，在接受该飞机之前，还需要检查是否装有安全和间谍设备。
这架捐赠的飞机可能会取代目前服役的两架已有35年历史的“空军一号”飞机。特朗普长期以来一直推动更换这些老化的飞机，但更换项目面临延误，两架新飞机的交付时间目前定在2027年和2028年。
现有飞机在周二晚间显露了其老化问题：“空军一号”起飞不到一小时后因“轻微电气故障”掉头返回，总统随后换乘一架较小的飞机，才继续飞往瑞士参加世界经济论坛。
在此次紧急情况中，白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·利维特曾开玩笑说，卡塔尔捐赠的飞机“听起来好得多”。
这一捐赠遭到国会民主党人和监督组织的批评，他们认为总统接受一个价值数亿美元的外国礼物，这会引发道德问题。一些批评者还质疑改装捐赠飞机的成本。
“纳税人现在正资助第五架‘空军一号’，而它源自一个外国君主制国家，这是对公众信任、财政优先事项和国家安全利益的惊人滥用。”民主捍卫基金（一个由奥巴马时期伦理官员运营的组织）的伦理与反腐败首席法律顾问弗吉尼亚·坎特表示，该组织去年要求对这份礼物进行调查。
特朗普对这些担忧置之不理，并为自己接受礼物的决定进行辩护。
“如果我们能得到一架747作为对我们国防部的贡献，供他们在建造其他飞机的几年内使用，我认为这是一个非常好的姿态。”特朗普去年表示，“现在我可能是个愚蠢的人，说哦，我们不想要免费的飞机。”
埃莉诺·沃森对本报道有贡献。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-arrives-in-davos-after-air-force-one-turned-around-due-to-minor-electrical-issue/
Jet donated by Qatar could start serving as Trump’s new Air Force One this summer, Air Force says
January 22, 2026 / 12:20 AM EST / CBS News
President Trump could start flying in a plane donated by Qatar as early as this summer, as the U.S. Air Force confirms it will deliver the refurbished jumbo jet for use as Air Force One within months.
“The Air Force remains committed to expediting delivery of the VC-25 bridge aircraft in support of the Presidential airlift mission, with an anticipated delivery no later than summer 2026,” an Air Force spokesperson said Wednesday, confirming a report by The Wall Street Journal.
The royal family of Qatar donated the Boeing 747-style plane for Mr. Trump’s use last spring. The plane could not enter service immediately, though, as the Pentagon needed to retrofit it to serve as Air Force One. It also needed to be checked for security and spying devices before it was accepted, a source told CBS News at the time.
The donated plane could take the place of two 35-year-old jets that currently serve as Air Force One. Mr. Trump has long pushed to replace the aging planes, but a project to replace them has faced delays, with delivery of two new planes currently set for 2027 and 2028.
The existing planes showed their age late Tuesday, when Air Force One turned around less than an hour after taking off for Switzerland due to a “minor electrical issue.” The president then switched to a smaller plane before flying across the Atlantic for the World Economic Forum.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joked at one point during the ordeal that the Qatari jet sounded “much better.”
The donation has drawn criticism from congressional Democrats and watchdog groups, who have argued it poses ethics concerns for the president to accept a gift worth hundreds of millions of dollars from a foreign country. Some critics have also questioned the cost of retrofitting the donated plane.
“The fact that taxpayers are now funding a fifth Air Force One, originating from a foreign monarchy, is a staggering abuse of public trust, fiscal priorities, and national security interests,” said Virginia Canter, chief counsel for ethics and anti-corruption at Democracy Defenders Fund, a group run by an Obama-era ethics official that requested an investigation into the gift last year.
Mr. Trump has brushed off the concerns and defended his decision to accept the gift.
“If we can get a 747 as a contribution to our Defense Department to use during a couple of years while they’re building the other ones, I think that was a very nice gesture,” Mr. Trump said last year. “Now I could be a stupid person and say, oh no, we don’t want a free plane.”
Eleanor Watson contributed to this report.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-arrives-in-davos-after-air-force-one-turned-around-due-to-minor-electrical-issue/
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